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Three writers at different stages in their careers:Kathryn Fox, Hannah Kent and Jane Harper talk to fellow author Jaye Ford about the trajectory of their literary careers and what made the difference to their publishing success.

Sydney-based Kathryn Fox is the award winning, internationally acclaimed author of seven novels in the Anya Crichton series. In 2015 she co-authored "Private Sydney" (Random House)with James Patterson, which became an instant bestseller. A physician with a special interest in forensic medicine, Kathryn has become an advocate for victims of violence and firmly believes that stories increase both empathy and humanity, things society needs now more than ever.

Hannah Kent’s debut novel about the last woman to be executed in Iceland began life as a doctoral thesis and then became the international bestseller "Burial Rites" (2013: Picador; Little, Brown), translated into 28 languages.It won the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year, the Indie Awards Debut Fiction Book of the Year and the Victorian Premier's People's Choice Award, amongst others. Burial Rites is currently being adapted to film by Lionsgate. Hannah co-founded the Australian literary journalKill Your Darlings, where she is currently publishing director. Her second novel, The Good People, is due out in October 2016.

Jane Harperis at the beginning of her literary career. She won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript in 2015 and "The Dry" her first novel,is being published by Pan Macmillan in June. Rights have already been sold to over twenty territories and it has been optioned for a film by Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea's production company, Pacific Standard. Jane has worked as a print journalist for thirteen years both in Australia and the UK. She lives in Melbourne and writes for theHerald Sun,amongst other publications.

Jaye Ford is an internationally published, award winning crime author. Her first thriller "Beyond Fear" won two Davitt Awards for Australian women crime writers (Best Debut & Readers’ Choice) and was the highest selling debut crime novel in Australia in 2011. Her fifth suspense novel "Darkest Place" was released in February. Her chilling stories are all set in the Hunter Valley of NSW, where Jaye lives.

Dinner upstairs from 6.30pm (bookings not necessary); men or ‘brothers-in-law’ welcome

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